http://www.samirjalloul.com Open Source Evangelist, Entrepreneur, Mobile 2.0 and MS/PhD Student at Boston University. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:22:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My first half marathon, after Boston It's a bad addiction that continues to plague the body and mind. After Boston a decision to continue with training for yet another road race, come naturally to look for the next race -- distance didn't matter, these legs were back in training after ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=63 My first marathon ! Making the 114th Boston Marathon my first one via an invitational bib via John Hancock (former employer), was in many ways special at every mile/kilometer marker. http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=62 Tis Marathon Monday ! The last weeks rolled with a few new additions and an increased level of anxiety ! Training for the last 8 months has been a great outlet to dissipate and fine tune the body and mind to cope with these uncertainties. I am a better ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=58 How to follow Samir at the 114th Boston Marathon ! Technology is really an amazing thing. I received an e-mail on Friday from the Boston Athletic Association introducing the AT&T Athlete Alert Program being utilized at the Boston Marathon. This program which can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/FollowSamir allows individuals ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=57 Marathon Sports Super Sunday 5K/10KWoke up with as many as 2000+ runners on a frigid February morning, to take part in my first 10K Super Sunday benefiting Lance Armstrong Cancer foundation.  Having completed 2 laps of this flat/fast run, can only be cataloged as different experience; running for a cure, ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=55 Boston Marathon Entry Confirmation...YAY !!!Happy as a kid :) See you all in Hopkington, Mass !!! http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=53 Charles River (FitCorp - Arsenal St. loop) 11.42 miles (18.37 Km) http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=51 Great Races, Incredible PlacesI went to Borders to look for something outside the ordinary palate, and found myself consumed by a few books.  One in particular being fairly new to running, was an adventure guide for running by Kimi Puntillo titled 'Great Races, Incredible Places'. The title was compelling ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=49 22 F / - 6 C Run 8.62 Miles (13.87 Km) http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=46 John Hancock (Wellesley, MA) 14.20 Miles (22.85 Km) http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=45 Eating healthy & only when you really need it! Nutrition is a vital part of recovery and replenishment after any punishing exercise being circuits at the gym or after a ten (10) mile run.  In my own experience training for the Boston Marathon, giving up certain food groups all together and ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=41 Row your best, and always !!! I enjoy rowing as part of my training for the Boston Marathon, it's an all body workout with no impact - granted you know the proper technique. Any gym would have one (1) or two (2) concept 1's or 2's somewhere hidden in a corner, ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=40 Finally got it in the mail ! (My Garmin 310XT w/HRM) I was relying heavily on my BlackBerry Tour 9630 too much, with an application by Brierwood Design Co-operative (a.k.a RoadRunnerGPS) to capture my runs and listen to Pandora radio.  This combination proved to be unsuccessful in terms of several instances, where ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=36 Sea Shore 9.01 Mile Run (14.50 Km) I was feeling sick, but the urge to go for a run was greater !  On the other hand the weather on this Saturday 16th, 2010 was perfect to make the typical summer walk on the beach a run instead.  Running in frigid temperatures ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=35 My 2009 New Year's Resolution Tracker !? I wrote this original 'Note' on Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 4:24pm, and was interested to see my progress so far ! The new note has been retitled as My 2009 New Year's Resolution Tracker !?, and reflects my accomplishments to date ! It's a ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=25 The MS/PhD ChartA brilliant comic strip by Jorge Cham from The Stanford Daily, found on the PhD comics website depicting the motivational level of a Grad student and his/her pursuit during the MS/PhD phase.-Samir http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=12 New Blog! Research Driven I have been blogging since 2006!  But with the New Year ‘09 the decision to forgo my previous rants and focus in writing eloquent, coherent and opinionated research related articles was due to my return to graduate school.One of my aspirations for this blog is remain as ... http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=9 Hello world! Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://www.samirjalloul.com/?p=1